UPDATE 1-SAS likely to appeal Norwegian Air court ruling

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OSLO, May 20 (Reuters) - Scandinavian airline SAS (SAS.ST) is likely to appeal against a Norway court verdict ordering it to pay rival Norwegian Air Shuttle (NWC.OL) 132 million crowns ($26.33 million) in compensation, SAS said on Tuesday.

"It is very likely that we will appeal this verdict," Ola Strand, chief executive of Norwegian unit SAS Norge, said in a statement.

Norwegian had sued SAS for industrial espionage, accusing it of illegally accessing and using its booking data.

The court also ruled that SAS should pay Norwegian Air's legal costs of about 6.8 million crowns in the industrial espionage case, Norwegian said in a separate statement.

SAS has said it had made a mistake but did nothing illegal, and brushed off claims that Norwegian had suffered losses because of its actions.

"SAS has apologised for the disadvantages Norwegian has had related to this case, but we rejected in court that this has led to any financial losses," Strand said.

Shares in SAS fell 1.47 percent in Stockholm to 50.25 Swedish crowns, while shares in Norwegian rose 1.38 percent in Oslo, to 92 Norwegian crowns by 1256 GMT. (Reporting by Aasa Christine Stoltz; editing by Sue Thomas)